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Huntsman Says He's Quitting G.O.P. Race — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jon M. Huntsman Jr. informed his advisers on Sunday that he intends to drop out of the Republican presidential race, ending his candidacy a week before he had hoped to revive his campaign in the South Carolina primary.
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Axelrod: Huntsman Dropped Because He Wouldn't Sell His Soul — Obama's top strategist tells BuzzFeed in an email: “He was simply unwillingly to make the Faustian bargains with the Right that Romney has so willingly made.” — Jon Huntsman's withdrawal offers an opportunity for Democrats …
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Huntsman, Trapped In 2009, Never Had A Chance — The Utahn dropped out today, but the whole campaign was a fantasy. — Huntsman looks over Sarah Palin's shoulder at a meeting with Obama on December 2, 2008 in Philadelphia. — Jon Huntsman had his moment.
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Huntsman Leaves Race With Plea for Party Unity — Updated MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Former Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. of Utah formally ended his once promising Republican presidential run with a call for party unity, asking the five candidates he leaves on the field to end their negative ads …
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SC Poll: Romney Lead Grows, Gingrich Second — More ways to share... Mixx — Stumbled — LinkedIn — Vine — Buzzflash — Newstrust — Technocrati — Forward Article — An exclusive InsiderAdvantage poll released Sunday night shows GOP front-runner Mitt Romney gaining …
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DeMint: I will not endorse — (CNN) - One of the most sought-after South Carolina politicians said Monday he would not endorse a candidate ahead of the Palmetto State's primary. — Sen. Jim DeMint, who has offered praise to all of the candidates in the field, said in a statement …
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Jon Huntsman drops out, endorses Mitt Romney
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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Talk race at GOP debate
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Romney nabs Florida endorsement
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Sources: Huntsman to drop out of 2012 race tomorrow, endorse Romney
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Huntsman: A boutique candidacy that didn't sell
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Huntsman to Drop Out of GOP Race; Will Endorse Romney
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Huntsman Drops Out: Is Set To Endorse Romney, Whom He Called ‘Unelectable’
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Huntsman to exit, back Romney
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Jon Huntsman quits Republican presidential race, endorses Mitt Romney
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Huntsman to withdraw from race for Republican presidential nomination
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The Wreck of the Costa Concordia — On the night of Friday, January 13, the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, with more than 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members on board, struck a reef, keeled over, and partially sank off Isola del Giglio, Italy. Six people are now confirmed dead …
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Forget women and children first. Burly crew men led the race for the lifeboats — Survivors tell of panic as men ignore order that women and children should go first and passengers fight to get on boats — Foreign Secretary William Hague says all British passengers and crew have been accounted for and are safe
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Andrew Sullivan: How Obama's Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics — The right calls him a socialist, the left says he sucks up to Wall Street, and independents think he's a wimp. Andrew Sullivan on how the president may just end up outsmarting them all. — You hear it everywhere.
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Jobs take center stage in Keystone fight — When U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue proclaimed that the Keystone XL pipeline would create 250,000 jobs, he touched a nerve in the environmental community. — “That's just not true,” Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director …
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Fox News Poll raw data: Romney hits record high, but still tied with Obama — While far more Republican primary voters view Rick Santorum as the true conservative, Mitt Romney has become the clear leader in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a just-released Fox News poll.
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CNN amplifies Romney's bogus jobs claims — Yesterday the Romney campaign distributed a memo to reporters that attacked Obama's record on jobs as a “failure.” To support this conclusion, the memo cited, among other things, the “net” job loss that has occurred on Obama's watch.
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Scott Walker Recall Drive Is Closely Watched — MILWAUKEE — Thousands of volunteers have raced to collect signatures near busy intersections and malls all over Wisconsin, at makeshift “drive-through” operations in parking lots, during Green Bay Packers viewing parties and New Year's Eve pub crawls …
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